Tetherless thermobiochemically actuated microgrippers.
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SUBMITTER: Leong TG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2630075 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Tetherless thermobiochemically actuated microgrippers.
Leong Timothy G TG Randall Christina L CL Benson Bryan R BR Bassik Noy N Stern George M GM Gracias David H DH
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20090112 3
We demonstrate mass-producible, tetherless microgrippers that can be remotely triggered by temperature and chemicals under biologically relevant conditions. The microgrippers use a self-contained actuation response, obviating the need for external tethers in operation. The grippers can be actuated en masse, even while spatially separated. We used the microgrippers to perform diverse functions, such as picking up a bead on a substrate and the removal of cells from tissue embedded at the end of a ...[more]
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